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My family is from a developing country and I have seen some very real poverty up close but I learned while I was there that, all though these people don't have all the comforts and conveniences money can give us in the west, they still smile and find a way to be happy everyday, very happy. Not only that they know how to laugh and make others smile in spite of the hardships they go through daily. On the other hand the highest rates of suicide are in some of the wealthiest populations so go figure. Rich or poor I think I can find a way to be happy and I hope you can too.
Oh and learn to meditate regularly. I meditate three times daily helps the cooties roll off like rain off a ducks back.
Pretty sure you have to be 18 to be on this site, no ?
If not, I apologize.
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And a note to 1self - our grandchildren read this forum as part of a school summer report project,so could you please be kinder in your verbiage as we do not care to explain to them such diverseness as to your choice of words.Thank you in advance.
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Rob may say different, but I was always under the impression that this was an "adult" forum. While I realize that not everyone who posts here is an adult or mature, this is exactly the place for some kids to be partaking.
That's what parental guidance is for.
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As long as you can sort the wants from needs you can live quite royally on a budget of 122k, as long as your housing costs (mortgage) is next to nothing. Those that bought a home at the peak when cost and interest were at their highest would have a tough go at that pay.
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"All studies on happiness, show 50% is genetic, 25% is what you choose to do daily (exercise etc) and the other 25% is what you choose to think."
Now that is b... ridiculous. All studies? 50%/25%/25%?
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For some, happiness is 100% trolling PW (Puna Web  ).
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BS!
the key words are 'Star Advertiser' ie an Oahu newspaper ie its basically 100% related to that once pristine, now overpriced, polluted, crime ridden, tourist infested, congested, materialistic, eco-killing concrete wasteland of an island called Oahu (I was born n raised in the dump)....
only an idiot would choose to live there (pseudohappily) at $122K annually, when they can have 10X more, w/10X less stress, for 1/2 the $$$...
I can live 10 years super happy with that $122K 
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
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For some, happiness is 100% trolling PW (Puna Web ).
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This story began as a study in 2009 by psychologist Daniel Kahneman and economist Angus Deaton, who surveyed 450,000 people in a Gallup Poll to see if there was a correlation between annual household income and day-to-day contentment. They found that on average, earning more than $75,000 a year PER HOUSEHOLD, did not significantly make a person or family any happier.
Several weeks ago, Doug Short decided to adjust the $75,000 figure on a state by state basis, to better reflect each state's cost of living.
http://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshor...z37eM5xPxF
Hawaii was adjusted upward to $122,000. This number is an average for the state, with a population largely on Oahu, with fairly substantial areas of wealth on Maui and Kauai as well.
If someone were to break down the numbers even farther, for each island or district, the income level for contentment in Puna would be far less than $122,000. I believe bananahead has already done some initial research and found $12,200 should about cover it. Anyone else?
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
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